Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *(ʔa-)dVng(-al/b)-

Meaning: k. of insect; locust

Semitic: *dVg-an- ~ *dagʷab- 'grasshopper/locust, fly, ant'

Western Chadic: *HVdang(Vl)- 'newly hatched locust, grasshopper'

Central Chadic: *dingil- 'scorpion'

East Chadic: *HVdVng- 'k. of grasshopper'

Beḍauye (Beja): (*ʔa-)dangalay 'lizard' (?)

Notes: Cf. Sk Hs 55 (WCh: Hs; E.Ch: Lele; C.Cu: Bil; the rest is wrong); Bla Beja 8 (Beja; Tera)

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2374

Proto-Semitic: *dVg-an- ~ *dagʷab-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: grasshopper/locust, fly, ant

Arabic: dayaǯān- 'grande nuée de sauterelles' [BK 1 756], [LA II 277].

Geʕez (Ethiopian): dagobǝyā (dagabǝyā, dagobiyā, dogabiyā) 'kind of locust, cricket, caterpillar' (LGz. 125)

Tigre: dängäbät id.? (no translation in LGur 125)

Tigrai (Tigriñña): duga 'specie di mosca rossastra molto fastidiosa ai bovini' [Bass. 795]; dägʷäbä 'specie di grillo' (Bass. 799)

Amharic: dägʷäbe 'wingless locust' (K 1833), dägobǝya id. (ibid.)

Mehri: dǝgdīg 'insect like a grasshopper' [JM 65].

Jibbali: dǝgdég 'insect like a grasshopper' [JJ 35].

Harsusi: degdīg id. [JH 23].

Notes: Cf. Zwy. dägända 'kind of black ant' [LGur. 203].

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *HVdang(Vl)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'newly hatched locust, grasshopper'

Hausa: ḍango, ḍangoli Abr Hs 187

Gerke=Yiwom: (?) doŋ 'locust'

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *dingil-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'scorpion'

Tera: díŋgílíŋ (Newman)

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *HVdVng-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'k. of grasshopper'

Lele: ḍānǯi 'sorte de grillon'

Bedauye (Beja) etymology :

Bedauye: dangálay

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'lizard'

Notes: Bl. 8; adangaláay Rein

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